U.S. patent application number 14/499779 was filed with the patent office on 2016-03-31 for artistic nail polish curing apparatus.
The applicant listed for this patent is PRIOR COMPANY LIMITED. Invention is credited to ERIC JIH.
Application Number | 20160089694 14/499779 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 55583473 |
Filed Date | 2016-03-31 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160089694 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
JIH; ERIC |
March 31, 2016 |
ARTISTIC NAIL POLISH CURING APPARATUS
Abstract
An artistic nail polish curing apparatus includes a casing, a
lamp holder, a light curing lamp module, a lamp source and a
control unit. During use, a switch is assembled for turning on/off
a lamp source to emit light, and a casing cover is formed at an
opening at the top of the casing for selectively transmitting the
light to the outside and allowing users to judge the ON/OFF status
of the curing apparatus, while maintaining the overall stylish
design of the curing apparatus.
Inventors: |
JIH; ERIC; (NEW TAIPEI CITY,
TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
PRIOR COMPANY LIMITED |
TAIPEI CITY |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
55583473 |
Appl. No.: |
14/499779 |
Filed: |
September 29, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
34/202 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D 29/00 20130101;
B05D 3/067 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B05D 3/06 20060101
B05D003/06; A45D 29/18 20060101 A45D029/18 |
Claims
1. An artistic nail polish curing apparatus, comprising: a casing,
with a stylish design, and having a through hole formed on a side
of the casing, an opening formed at the top of the casing, and an
opaque but translucent casing cover, and the casing cover
constituting said portion of the stylish design and covered onto
the opening; a lamp holder, installed in the casing, and lamp
holder being hollow and having a chamber formed in the casing, and
the chamber being hollow at a side of the through hole and
interconnected to the through hole; a light curing lamp module,
fixed in the lamp holder, and provided for irradiating violet light
to the chamber; a lamp source, installed in the casing, and
disposed at the opening, and aligned precisely with the casing
cover; and a control unit, installed in the casing, and
electrically coupled to the light curing lamp module and the lamp
source, and the casing being electrically coupled to a switch for
turning on or off the light curing lamp module and the lamp
source.
2. The artistic nail polish curing apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the translucent casing cover includes a display portion with a
relatively high light transmittance.
3. The artistic nail polish curing apparatus of claim 2, wherein
the display portion includes a text, a graphic, or a combination of
the text and graphic.
4. The artistic nail polish curing apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the switch includes a capacitive touch circuit board installed in
the casing and electrically coupled to the control unit, a touch
portion exposed from the casing, and a conductor installed between
the capacitive touch circuit board and the touch portion, and the
touch portion is touched to trigger the capacitive touch circuit
board through the conductor to transmit a signal to the control
unit to turn on or off the light curing lamp module and the lamp
source.
5. The artistic nail polish curing apparatus of claim 4, wherein
the conductor is a spring.
6. The artistic nail polish curing apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the lamp source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes and a
circuit board, and the plurality of light emitting diodes are
installed on the circuit board, and the circuit board is installed
at the top of the lamp holder.
7. The artistic nail polish curing apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the lamp holder includes a roof and a sidewall disposed around the
periphery of the roof, and the light curing lamp module includes a
cold cathode fluorescent lamp installed in the lamp holder and
disposed at the roof for irradiating ultraviolet light, and a
plurality of light emitting diodes installed in the lamp holder and
disposed on the sidewall for irradiating ultraviolet light.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a nail cosmetic apparatus,
in particular to an artistic nail polish curing apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] With reference to FIG. 4 for a conventional curing
apparatus, the conventional curing apparatus comprises a casing 91,
a through hole 92 formed on a side of the casing 91, a chamber 93
formed in the casing 91 and interconnected with the through hole
92, and a light curing lamp (not shown in the figure) installed in
the chamber 93. Before use the curing apparatus, a user extends a
finger with an artistic nail polish from the through hole 92 into
the chamber 93, and presses a press button 94 installed on a
surface of the casing 91 to turn on the light curing lamp in the
chamber 93, so as to cure the artistic nail polish by ultraviolet
light.
[0003] However, the aforementioned conventional curing apparatus
has the following problems:
[0004] 1. When the conventional curing apparatus is used, the
surface of the casing 91 does not have the function of showing the
ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus, so that users do not know
from the external appearance of the casing 91 whether or not the
curing apparatus is turned on, and the users can just determine the
status by checking whether there is any ultraviolet light leaking
from the through hole 92. However, the ultraviolet light is harmful
to the users' eyes, so that the casing 91 generally includes a
canopy 95 installed on a side of the through hole 92 for blocking
the ultraviolet light during the process of curing the nail polish.
Checking the ultraviolet light to determine the ON/OFF status of
the curing apparatus may result in unnecessary harms to the users'
eyes.
[0005] Although an indicating lamp may be installed to the casing
91 to determine the ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus, the
conventional curing apparatuses available in the market have a high
requirement on the stylish design of the appearance of the curing
apparatus. Therefore, the installation of the indicating lamp may
ruin the overall stylish design of the casing 91 and fail to meet
the design requirements, and thus is not conducive to the market
competition. Therefore, almost all of the curing apparatuses
available in the market do not come with an indicating lamp.
[0006] 2. In the conventional curing apparatus, the press button 94
is generally a mechanical press button, so that the press button 94
is usually protruded from the casing of the curing apparatus, and
the curing apparatus is turned on or off by pressing the press
button 94 by a finger. When the user presses the press button 94
with a finger painted with the artistic nail polish, the nail
polish painted on the user's finger may touch the casing by
accident and ruin the external appearance of the casing. As a
result, it is necessary for the user to paint the artistic nail
polish again.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present
invention to overcome the aforementioned problems of the prior art
by providing an artistic nail polish curing apparatus, so that the
ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus may be determined by checking
whether or not there is any light of a lamp source coming out from
the casing cover without requiring to check the ultraviolet light,
so as to prevent unnecessary harms to the eyes and maintains the
overall stylish design of the curing apparatus.
[0008] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a
touch (or a non-pressing type) s witch for the light curing lamp
module and the lamp source, so that a user may touch a touch
portion to turn on or off the light curing lamp module and the lamp
source, so as to prevent the nail polish from ruining the overall
appearance of the casing if the user has to press the press button
by the finger.
[0009] To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the present
invention provides an artistic nail polish curing apparatus,
comprising:
[0010] a casing, with a stylish design, and having a through hole
formed on a side of the casing, an opening formed at the top of the
casing, and an opaque but translucent casing cover, and the casing
cover constituting said portion of the stylish design and covered
onto the opening; a lamp holder, installed in the casing, and lamp
holder being hollow and having a chamber formed in the casing, and
the chamber being hollow at a side of the through hole and
interconnected to the through hole; a light curing lamp module,
fixed in the lamp holder, and provided for irradiating ultraviolet
light to the chamber; a lamp source, installed in the casing, and
disposed at the opening, and aligned precisely with the casing
cover; and a control unit, installed in the casing, and
electrically coupled to the light curing lamp module and the lamp
source, and the casing being electrically coupled to a switch for
turning on or off the light curing lamp module and the lamp
source.
[0011] The translucent casing cover includes a display portion with
a relatively high light transmittance. The display portion includes
a text, a graphic, or a combination of the text and graphic.
[0012] The switch includes a capacitive touch circuit board
installed in the casing and electrically coupled to the control
unit, a touch portion exposed from the casing, and a conductor
installed between the capacitive touch circuit board and the touch
portion, and the touch portion is touched to trigger the capacitive
touch circuit board through the conductor to transmit a signal to
the control unit to turn on or off the light curing lamp module and
the lamp source.
[0013] The lamp source includes a plurality of light emitting
diodes and a circuit board, and the plurality of light emitting
diodes are installed on the circuit board, and the circuit board is
installed at the top of the lamp holder.
[0014] The lamp holder includes a roof and a sidewall disposed
around the periphery of the roof, and the light curing lamp module
includes a cold cathode fluorescent lamp installed in the lamp
holder and disposed at the roof for irradiating ultraviolet light,
and a plurality of light emitting diodes installed in the lamp
holder and disposed on the sidewall for irradiating ultraviolet
light.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;
and
[0018] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional curing
apparatus.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0019] The present invention will become clearer in light of the
following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of
this invention described in connection with the drawings. It is
intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to
be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
[0020] With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 for an artistic nail polish
curing apparatus in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the
present invention, the artistic nail polish curing apparatus
comprises a casing 1, a lamp holder 2, a light curing lamp module
3, a lamp source 4 and a control unit 5.
[0021] The casing 1 comes with an overall stylish design and
includes a through hole 11 formed on a side of the casing 1, an
opening 12 formed at the top of the casing 1, and a casing cover
13, wherein the casing cover 13 is opaque but translucent and
covered onto the opening 12, and the casing cover 13 forming a part
of the aforementioned stylish design is covered onto the opening
12. In this preferred embodiment, the translucent casing cover 13
has a display portion 131 with a light transmittance relatively
higher than the overall light transmittance of the casing cover 13.
In this preferred embodiment, the display portion 131 is a text. In
different embodiments, the display portion 131 may be a graphic or
a combination of text and graphic.
[0022] The aforementioned stylish design refers to the design of
the appearance of an object that attracts the attention of
consumers. For instance, the casing 1 of this preferred embodiment
is a combination of arc surfaces and planes to form the shape of a
canopy, and the opening 12 is formed in a shape corresponsive to
the shape of the top of the casing 1, so that the casing cover 13
can be covered onto the opening 12, and the casing cover 13 is a
part of the stylish design after it is covered onto the opening
12.
[0023] In FIGS. 2 and 3, the lamp holder 2 is installed in the
casing 1, and the lamp holder 2 is hollow and a chamber 21 is
formed in the casing 1. The chamber 21 is hollow on a side of the
through hole 11 and interconnected to the through hole 11. In this
preferred embodiment, the lamp holder 1 includes a roof 22 and a
sidewall 23, and the sidewall 23 is disposed around the periphery
of the roof 22.
[0024] In FIGS. 2 and 3, the light curing lamp module 3 is fixed in
the lamp holder 2 for irradiating ultraviolet light to the chamber
21. In this preferred embodiment, the light curing lamp module 3
includes a cold cathode fluorescent lamp 31 installed at the roof
22 inside the lamp holder 2 for irradiating ultraviolet light, and
a plurality of light emitting diodes 32 installed on the sidewall
23 inside the lamp holder 2 for irradiating ultraviolet light.
[0025] In FIGS. 2 and 3, the lamp source 4 is installed in the
casing 1 and disposed at the opening 12 and aligned precisely with
the casing cover 13. In this preferred embodiment, the lamp source
4 includes a plurality of light emitting diodes 41 and a circuit
board 42, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes 41 are
installed on the circuit board 42, and the circuit board 42 is
installed at the top of the lamp holder 2.
[0026] In FIGS. 2 and 3, the control unit 5 is installed in the
casing 1 and electrically coupled to the light curing lamp module 3
and the lamp source 4, and the control unit 5 in the casing 1 is
electrically coupled to a switch 14 which is provided for turning
on or off the light curing lamp module 3 and the lamp source 4. In
this preferred embodiment, the switch 14 includes a capacitive
touch circuit board 141, a touch portion 142 and a conductor 143,
wherein the capacitive touch circuit board 141 is installed in the
casing 1 and electrically coupled to the control unit 5, and the
conductor 143 of this preferred embodiment is a spring. The touch
portion 142 is exposed from the casing 1, and the conductor 143 is
installed between the capacitive touch circuit board 141 and the
touch portion 142, so that a user may touch the touch portion 142
to trigger the capacitive touch circuit board 141 by the conductor
143 to transmit a signal to the control unit 5 in order to turn on
or off the light curing lamp module 3 and the lamp source 4.
[0027] In an actual operation of the artistic nail polish curing
apparatus of this preferred embodiment, a user stretches a hand and
fingers with an artistic nail polish from the through hole 11 of
the casing 1 into the chamber 21 of the lamp holder 2 and touches
the touch portion 142 to turn on both of the light curing lamp
module 3 and the lamp source 4. Now, the cold cathode fluorescent
lamp 31 and the plurality of light emitting diodes 32 start
irradiating ultraviolet light to the chamber 21 to cure the nail
polish painted on the user's nail. In the meantime, the light
emitting diodes 41 of the lamp source 4 are lit when the touch
portion 142 is touched. The light emitted from the light emitting
diodes 41 passes through the casing cover 13, and becomes obvious
particularly when the display portion 131 has a relatively higher
light transmittance. If the light emitting diodes 41 are not lit,
the display portion 131 will not be seen easily as shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 1 simply shows the position of the display portion 131. It is
noteworthy that the display portion will be displayed at the casing
cover 13 clearly when the light emitting diodes 41 emit bright
light.
[0028] In summation of the description above, the present invention
has the following advantages:
[0029] 1. The casing cover 13 is installed while maintaining the
stylish design of the curing apparatus. If a user wants to confirm
the ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus, the user will not need
to check whether there is any ultraviolet light coming out from the
through hole 11, but directly determine the ON/OFF status by
checking whether there is any light coming out from the casing
cover 13. The status can be seen clearly when there is a display
portion 131, so that the user can determine the status without the
need of looking at the ultraviolet light directly to prevent the
ultraviolet light from harming the user's eyes. In addition, the
present invention breaks through the design of installing the
protruding indicating lamp on the casing which is incompliance with
the design requirements, and maintains the integrity of the overall
artistic design of the curing apparatus.
[0030] 2. In general, the curing apparatus is used after the user's
fingers are painted with the artistic nail polish, so that the user
simply touch the touch portion 142 by any part of the finger other
than the nail in order to turn on the light curing lamp module 3.
In other words, the user having fingers of one or both hands
painted with the nail polish no longer have to worry about the nail
polish that may ruin the stylish design or external appearance of
the casing. The switch 14 is a touch switch instead of a press
switch, so that there is no issue of running the casing by the nail
polish when the user is pressing the switch 14. In addition, the
user can determine the ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus by
checking whether or not there is any bright light coming out from
the casing cover 13.
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